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Jason Kottke

Every Star Trek Movie, Ranked. I think the top 5 here are...

Every Star Trek Movie, Ranked. I think the top 5 here are correct, although you could maybe swap them around a bit. I might put First Contact ahead of The Undiscovered Country for instance.

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Jason Kottke

I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the...

I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers. “[Mark Zuckerberg’s] cringe moments drip through more sparingly but, when they do, my body tries to turn inside out at my bellybutton.”

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Jason Kottke

Explore an Incredibly Detailed Topographical Map of the Moon

a colorful map of the topography of the moon

Moon Lidar is a visualization of the data collected by NASA’s Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) mission. According to this factsheet, the visualization includes nearly six billion measurements.

LOLA data was captured by a polar orbiting laser altimeter. Think of it like the range finder you would use to measure how far away the hole is from your current position at a golf course, except you press the button six billion times, save the position from where you are measuring, save every distance measurement on a hard drive, and then phone that data back to earth.

Tags: infoviz · maps · Moon · NASA · science · space

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Yola - Symphony

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Yola is a singer/songwriter and actress. She released her solo debut album in 2019, which was nominated for 4 Grammys, including Best New Artist and Best Americana Album, and Rolling Stone named it one of the best country albums of the year. But the thing is, Yola’s music ca...

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Jason Kottke

I’d love to know where people are directing their giving these days....

I’d love to know where people are directing their giving these days. I regularly support the National Network of Abortion Funds, the ACLU, the Transgender Law Center, and my local food shelf.

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Jason Kottke

Archaeologists Are Finding Dugout Canoes in the American Midwest as Old as...

Archaeologists Are Finding Dugout Canoes in the American Midwest as Old as the Great Pyramids of Egypt. “Once in a while, though, they’ll find a specimen that shares a timeline with Beowulf, the Phoenician alphabet or even early math.”

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Unit Circle

They're continuing to search for a square with the same area as the circle, as efforts to construct one have run into difficulties.

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Jason Kottke

From the Paleontological Research Institution, The Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change, “the...

From the Paleontological Research Institution, The Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change, “the single best available resource for teachers on climate change”.

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Jason Kottke

Nintendo Announces the Switch 2

Nintendo has finally released some details and a sneak peek trailer for their upcoming console, a sequel to the mega-popular Switch. From The Verge: The console looks a lot like the original, but it’s bigger. In the video, the Joy-Con controllers are black with colored ac...

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Jason Kottke

Decentralized Social Media Is the Only Alternative to the Tech Oligarchy. “There...

Decentralized Social Media Is the Only Alternative to the Tech Oligarchy. “There is now no major corporate-owned social media platform that is not aligned with Trump or beholden to him in some way.”

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Jason Kottke

Here’s the archived Biden White House website in the National Archives. “This...

Here’s the archived Biden White House website in the National Archives. “This is historical material ‘frozen in time’. The website is no longer updated and links to external websites and some internal pages may not work.”

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Jason Kottke

Mike Monteiro on how to survive being online. “The first four years...

Mike Monteiro on how to survive being online. “The first four years of Donald Trump was a continuous panic attack. I’m not going through that again. You don’t have to either. They’re on stage, but you don’t have to be their audience.”

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Jason Kottke

What the…??! It seems that Back to the Future and The Goonies...

What the…??! It seems that Back to the Future and The Goonies were both set on the same day, Saturday, Oct. 26, 1985. (And it might be a Spielberg Easter egg.)

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Jason Kottke

Live Animated Broadcasts of the Australian Open

Following on from last year’s successful trial, the Australian Open is once again broadcasting all their matches, nearly live and in their entirety, on YouTube — but with animated avatars in place of the players. Here’s how it looks in practice, kind of Wii Tennis; this is a...

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Jason Kottke

Noah Kalina celebrates 25 years of taking a photo of himself every...

Noah Kalina celebrates 25 years of taking a photo of himself every single day.

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John Gruber

★ Let’s Not Mince Words Regarding Trump’s Executive Order to Pause Enforcement of the TikTok Law and Provide Supposed Immunity to Companies That Are in Clear Violation of It

Bobby Allyn, reporting for NPR, under the dreadfully incorrect headline “Trump Signs Executive Order to Pause TikTok Ban, Provide Immunity to Tech Firms”: According to the order, the law will be paused for 75 days and companies that work with TikTok will not be liable fo...

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Jason Kottke

Finally! Soup you can suck on! “It’s Progresso Chicken Noodle Soup like...

Finally! Soup you can suck on! “It’s Progresso Chicken Noodle Soup like you never expected — a convenient, on-the-go soup experience.” Who says innovation is dead?

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John Gruber

NPR on Trump’s Executive Order to Pause Enforcement of the TikTok Ban and Provide Supposed Immunity to Companies That Are Violating the Clear Letter of the Law

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Bobby Allyn, reporting for NPR: According to the order, the law will be paused for 75 days and companies that work with TikTok will not be liable for doing so. I take issue with this framing. The order does not pause the law, because executive orders can’t “pause” laws...

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Jason Kottke

USPS Announces Goodnight Moon Stamps

The USPS has announced that they will be issuing stamps based on the children’s classic Goodnight Moon, written by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd, and first published in 1947. The Postal Service notes that “these designs are preliminary and may change”. Goodnight Moon was the very first bedtime book for our kids — we read it to them so so so many times. I will be buying some of these stamps for sure. Tags: books · Goodnight Moon · stamps · USPS 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

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John Gruber

Apple Support: ‘About Availability of TikTok and ByteDance Ltd. Apps in the United States’

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Apple Support document, which is linked from the App Store if you search for any of the apps from ByteDance: Apple is obligated to follow the laws in the jurisdictions where it operates. Pursuant to the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications ...